Easter Sunday, Craig and I went to his sister Velyn’s for dinner.  Saturday, when we received the invite I had just taken my cheesecake out of the oven and I volunteered to bring dessert.  It occurred to me that perhaps the cheesecake would not turn out and I needed a fall back plan, the cookies came from this…

…luckily both were good

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter flavored Crisco sticks

1/4 cup butter

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

2 Tbs. milk

1 Tbs. vanilla

1 egg

1 3/4 cups flour

1 tsp salt

3/4 tsp baking soda

4 tsp baking cocoa

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

2 handfuls dried cherries, chopped (sorry I know that is not scientific, but I did not measure this)

Directions:

1. Combine Crisco stick, butter, sugars, milk and vanilla in a large bowl; mix well.

2. Add egg and beat until into creamed mixture.

3. Combine flour, cocoa, soda and salt; shift into creamed mixture.

4. Mix until well combined.

5. Stir in chocolate chips and dried cherries.

6. Place in fridge for 1 hour.

7. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

8. Remove from fridge and drop rounded scoops onto a cookie sheet.

9. Sprinkle lightly with additional salt (very lightly)

10. Bake for 8 minutes in oven.

11. Remove and let cool for 2 minutes on cookie sheet and than remove to cooling rack.

12. Store in an airtight container.

Makes about 36 cookies.